MSU Athletics Hall of Fame
TRACY PARTAIN ALBERTY
Track and Field, 2003-06
Inducted 2013
Tracy Partain was a multi-event standout for the track Bears from 2003 to 2006, competing in a variety of individual events and the grueling indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon competitions. She set Missouri State school records in five events and MVC outdoor records for the 100-meter hurdles and the heptathlon. Partain was an NCAA indoor All-America in 2005, earned a similar honor at the outdoor national meet in 2006, and ran on three MVC team championship squads. She was the MVC women’s indoor meet MVP in 2005, the outdoor field MVP in 2005 and the outdoor track MVP in 2006. She earned All-MVC honors five times (three indoors, two outdoors). During her tenure, MSU captured two Valley indoor championships 2003 and 2004) and finishing third twice, while claiming one outdoor title, two seconds and a third. As a junior in 2005, she finished ninth at the NCAA indoor pentathlon (4,015 points) to claim her first All-America selection and then finished 13th at the NCAA outdoor meet that same year in the heptathlon (5,399 points). As a senior, she finished 10th in the NCAA indoor pentathlon (4,017 points) and was the national runner-up in the outdoor heptathlon (5,827 points).
